Steel Mills
July 22, 2014
OAO Severstal Announces Sale of Dearborn & Columbus Steel Mills
Written by John Packard
Severstal announced this morning that it has entered into a purchase agreement to sell Severstal Columbus and Severstal Dearborn steel mills to Steel Dynamics and AK Steel for $2.325 billion. Here is the press release:
July 21, 2014, Moscow – OAO Severstal (MICEX-RTS: CHMF; LSE: SVST), (‘Severstal’, the ‘Company’), one of the world’s leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, announces it has entered into separate definitive transaction agreements to sell its Severstal Columbus, LLC and Severstal Dearborn, LLC subsidiaries, collectively known as Severstal North America, to Steel Dynamics, Inc. and AK Steel Corporation, respectively, for a total cash consideration of US$2 325 million.
